Paris Cafés—Stories and Histories
Come find out about Paris' soul—its cafés—and the amazing stories and history (plus literature and art!) that have taken place there!
Cost: $12. Please note that this fee helps keep our small business going during the crisis so we can get up and running right away when it is safe to bring people together again in person.
2 TYPES OF TICKETS:
Buy a ticket to attend the LIVE online event
Buy a ticket to watch the RECORDED event when it is convenient for you: pariscafestories.eventbrite.com
In this provocative and educational multimedia program, watch over 60 commercials and dozens of print ads depicting homophobia, gay stereotypes, queer kisses and parenthood as we explore how cultural shifts, film/TV, HIV/AIDS and Supreme Court decisions have changed representations of our queer community in mass advertising.
You will see the good, the bad and the ugly from familiar brands, including Joe Namath in pantyhose from 1974 and IKEA’s gay couple from 1994, and other groundbreaking ads that you never knew about. We’ll even touch on the rise of LGBT marketing and some of the best corporate players.
These ads will surprise and amuse you as we cover four major eras and dive into three CLOSEUP features:
The Early Years (1917-1980) – Glances, Sissies, Couples, Drag
Coming Out (1981-2000) – HIV/AIDS Emerges, Gay Vague, Fashion Goes Gay
‘Gay’ Goes Mainstream (2001-2013) – Queens, Predators & Real LGBT People
Trans, Employees and Parents (2014-Now)
CLOSEUP: Film & TV ads – Freaks, Friends, and Frank-N-Furter
CLOSEUP: LGBT Media & Niche Marketing Rise
CLOSEUP: History of Kisses
“Opening the Commercial Closet” offers highlights from the 6,000+ archive of LGBTQ-themed ads at AdRespect.org that tell the still-evolving, multimedia story of our queer history in advertising worldwide.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERs
Edith de Belleville was an attorney at law for many, many years, but her passion for Paris and its history led her back to university (at the age of 50) to get her official tour guide license. Deeply inspired by Parisian women of the past, Edith decided to write a book, in French, entitled The Beautiful Rebels of Paris (Belles et Rebelles, Editions Erik Bonnier). Edith also teaches Jewish heritage in Paris at University Gustave Eiffel (Marne la Vallée), and has just finished a book in English about the fabulous life of a mature Parisian woman in the City of Light.
Prof. Andrew Lear is a renowned expert on same-sex relations in Greek and Roman antiquity. During his academic career, he taught at Harvard, Pomona College, and NYU. In recent years, he has founded Oscar Wilde Tours, the LGBTQ history and culture tour company and Shady Ladies Tours, a women's history and culture tour company. He is also working with actor/author Stephen Fry on a podcast about the "Scandals and Secrets of London's National Portrait Gallery."
When will the Zoom invite come?
The Zoom invite will be in the CONFIRMATION EMAIL from your order—IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE IT IN YOUR CONFIRMATION EMAIL PLEASE MESSAGE US IMMEDIATELY. Subsequent to this, the Zoom invite will be sent to your email address at 48hrs, 2hrs, and 10mins before the event. PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM AND SOCIAL FOLDERS IF YOU DO NOT SEE THE ZOOM INVITE IN YOUR INBOX.
How do tickets for the recording work?
The event will be recorded and you can buy a ticket for the recording above. If you buy a ticket for the recording you will be emailed automatically a couple of hours after the live event with a link to the recording and a password to access it. It will be available to view for 1 week after the live event. If you do not receive the link to the recording a couple of hours after the live event please email us—sometimes Eventbrite emails can get lost in spam/social folders. If you bought a ticket for the live event but couldn't make it please email us and we will send you the link to the recording.
What time zone is the event scheduled in?
The event is scheduled for 2pm EST (i.e. New York time). You can watch it in any time zone but please adjust to the time zone you are in.